Bergmans’s Fruit Bat vs red underwing skipper

Scotonycteris bergmansi compared with Spialia sertorius

Key Differences

• Bergmans’s Fruit Bat is Least Concern while red underwing skipper is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	red underwing skipper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hesperiidae
Genus	Scotonycteris	Spialia
Species	Scotonycteris bergmansi	Spialia sertorius

Evolutionary Relationship

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat and red underwing skipper share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

red underwing skipper

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bergmans’s Fruit Bat	red underwing skipper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red underwing skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (21 countries).

Bergmans’s Fruit Bat

The Bergmans’s Fruit Bat (Scotonycteris bergmansi) is a species in the genus Scotonycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.